­ How do you learn? Would you have to change your learning style for medicine?

­ Have you done any volunteering experience in the past?

Why are you suited to a career as a doctor?

­ What are the negative aspects of medicine? What are the positive aspects?

­ Have you had patient experience before?

­ What makes good and bad doctors?

What are your motivations for doing medicine?

­ How have you prepared yourself for studying medicine?

­ What are some challenges you will face when studying medicine?

STATION 2

Tell me about a difficult decision you made and how it affected other people.

­ What were the issues?

­ How did you come about making it?

­ How did you gain information pertaining to the decision?

­ Were you happy with the decision you made?

STATION 3

What will be your support networks through medicine?

­ How about financially/emotionally?

­ How will you get through the course?

How do you manage stress?

­ What are some things you do to stay stress­free?

­ How do you react under intense pressure?

STATION 4

What is the difference between undergraduate and post graduate students? What do you know about post­graduate training?

­ Have you thought about what medical field you want to specialize in?

­ Why are you thinking of those fields?

What challenges does medicine face in the future?

STATION 5

What do you think are the main concerns and issues are today in the health system of Australia?

­ What are the pros and cons of rural medicine?

o What is your opinion on rural medicine?

o How can we rectify any issues with rural medicine? ­ Specific to Indigenous Health, what are problems we face?

o In 10 years’ time, do you think that Indigenous Health situation will change?

o If you were a health minister, what would you do to remedy these problems? ­ What can be done about these concerns and issues?

STATION 6

Discuss a time when you were given negative/positive feedback.

­ How was the feedback given?

­ How did you react to it?

­ Have you improved since given the negative feedback? How have you changed since

receiving the positive feedback?

­ Have you ever given negative feedback? If so, how did you give the feedback? Do you think that it helped that person?

STATION 7

Describe a situation where you demonstrated team work.

­ What are the pros and cons of teamwork?

­ How would you resolve a situation where someone did not contribute equally?

­ How do you approach a difficult team member?

­ You find out that one of your team members plagiarized his section of the assignment, what

do you do?

o What are the potential consequences of confronting them?

­ How would you deal with people from different cultures in your team?

STATION 8

Detechnicalize one of these words in layman’s language. Can use paper + pen (whiteboard and pen in actual interview)

­ Photosynthesis, gene, biodiversity

­ Catalyst, cell, global warming

­ Hormone, solubility, normal distribution

­ Molecule, necrosis, vaccination

­ Metabolism, evaporation, force

­ Action potential, electron, light

­ DNA, osmosis, Kilojoule

­ Alkali, Chromosome, Gravity

­ Recessive, Ozone layer, Soluble

­ Nucleus, standard deviation, energy threshold

­ Enzyme, virus, electromagnet

STATION 9

SCENARIO
You are a medical student and your neighbour has come to you for advice.
Your neighbour is a close friend and a grandma that is in her late 70’s. She feels her eyesight is deteriorating and that she has been feeling very forgetful the past few weeks. She raises her concern about driving and says she’s worried she might get lost but she’s confident she would be ok if she only drives around her suburb as she’s lived there for a long time. She says she will see an optician soon and asks you not to tell anyone else about her concerns.

­ What would you say to her?

­ What would you do to find out if she’s gone to seek professional help?

­ If she refuses to seek professional help, what would you do?

o What are some possible consequences and issues with her refusal? ­ Would you tell anyone about this?

STATION 10

PBL Group video (1 minute 20 seconds)
A group of students are learning together in a PBL session. Student A begins talking and putting forth her opinion and you notice student B rolling their eyes and not paying attention. The student B begins to distract other students in the group. When student A says something wrong, student B loses his temper and begins scolding and yelling at student A. He continues to berate her and calls her stupid. You notice that there were mature participants in the group. They may have or may not have been a tutor.

­ What do you think the main issues in this video were? o What effects does this have on the group?

­ What could you have done if you were part of this PBL group?

­ Do you think it was the responsibility of the mature aged participants to have done

something?

­ How do you think student B should have responded?

o Why do you think student B reacted like this? ­ What should have been done to avoid this?

STATION 12

ACTING
Scenario: You are a first year medical student on a plane. Sitting next to you is an elderly woman who notices that you are reading an anatomy textbook. She approaches you.
Is that a medical book? Are you a medical student?
Oh I see, do you think I could ask you some questions?
Thank you dear. Well over the past couple of months, I’ve fallen twice and I’m just wondering why this may be? Is it because I’m getting older?

­ My daughter wants me to go into a nursing home but I think I’m still independent enough to live by myself! She never respects my choice and always pushes me to do things I don’t want! What do you think I should do?

o My GP says I was fine six months ago but my daughter is so controlling. What should I do?

o She’s my only child I still keep in regular contact with. My son lives overseas and is going through a difficult time with his wife. Should I tell him about my falls?

o My husband passed away a few months ago, just before my first fall. Do you think that my emotions could be causing me to lose balance and fall?

­ I’ve recently heard on the radio that a doctor recommends an exercise regime that helps old people who fall. What do you think of this?

o Should I follow this exercise regime?
­ My GP says that old people fall and that I should just get over it. What do you think I should

do?

STATION 11

Video between a doctor and a patient (1 minute 30 seconds)
Quotations show direct quotes from the conversation.
The patient and the doctor make pleasantries. The patient sits down and the doctor, arms and legs crossed, almost demands her to spit out “what’s wrong with her”.
Patient has her back arched and hands wrapped around her. She begins by voicing her concern over her cancer returning and that she’s scared she may have to go through the process again.
The doctor says that everything is fine and that she has “nothing to worry about”. It is very “unlikely for her cancer to return as they treated her well the first time”. Doctor flicks through her medical file and doesn’t read anything at all.
The patient acknowledges this but mentions that she saw symptoms of the cancer before her first consultation and cannot stop thinking that if she came in earlier, that her cancer ordeal would not have been so taxing. Patient loses eye contact.
The doctor compares her concerns to an irrational fear – “are you scared of ghosts?”. He tells her to relax, go home and watch some television and that everything is OK.

­ What are the main issues here?

­ How would you have responded if you were the doctor?

­ What are the issues the patient is concerned about?

­ How do you think the patient will react to the doctor’s advice?

­ What problems could arise in doctor­patient relationships?

STATION 13

SCENARIO
You are an undergraduate student that lives at home with family.
Your parents are overseas for the week and you are responsible for looking after your younger brother who is 14 years old. Your brother comes to you one night and claims that he has been bullied and asks

you not

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to tell anyone about this.
How do you feel or how would you react to this information? Would you inform anyone?

o Your parents call to check up on you and your brother. Would you tell your parents what is going on with your brother?

What would you do?
o Why would you come to this decision?

The following week, you notice a dark bruise on your brother’s right shoulder. How would you confront him about the injury?

o Would you tell anyone about his situation? ‘
If you find out that your brother was bullied because he began picking on other students, what would you do?

STATION 9

SCENARIO
You are a medical student and your neighbour has come to you for advice.
Your neighbour is a close friend and a grandma that is in her late 70’s. She feels her eyesight is deteriorating and that she has been feeling very forgetful the past few weeks. She raises her concern about driving and says she’s worried she might get lost but she’s confident she would be ok if she only drives around her suburb as she’s lived there for a long time. She says she will see an optician soon and asks you not to tell anyone else about her concerns.

STATION 10

PBL Group video (1 minute 20 seconds)
A group of students are learning together in a PBL session. Student A begins talking and putting forth her opinion and you notice student B rolling their eyes and not paying attention. The student B begins to distract other students in the group. When student A says something wrong, student B loses his temper and begins scolding and yelling at student A. He continues to berate her and calls her stupid. You notice that there were mature participants in the group. They may have or may not have been a tutor.

STATION 11

ACTING
Scenario: You are a first year medical student on a plane. Sitting next to you is an elderly woman who notices that you are reading an anatomy textbook. She approaches you.

STATION 12

Video between a doctor and a patient (1 minute 30 seconds)
Quotations show direct quotes from the conversation.
The patient and the doctor make pleasantries. The patient sits down and the doctor, arms and legs crossed, almost demands her to spit out “what’s wrong with her”.
Patient has her back arched and hands wrapped around her. She begins by voicing her concern over her cancer returning and that she’s scared she may have to go through the process again.
The doctor says that everything is fine and that she has “nothing to worry about”. It is very “unlikely for her cancer to return as they treated her well the first time”. Doctor flicks through her medical file and doesn’t read anything at all.
The patient acknowledges this but mentions that she saw symptoms of the cancer before her first consultation and cannot stop thinking that if she came in earlier, that her cancer ordeal would not have been so taxing. Patient loses eye contact.
The doctor compares her concerns to an irrational fear – “are you scared of ghosts?”. He tells her to relax, go home and watch some television and that everything is OK.

STATION 13

SCENARIO

You are an undergraduate student that lives at home with family.
Your parents are overseas for the week and you are responsible for looking after your younger brother who is 14 years old. Your brother comes to you one night and claims that he has been bullied and asks you not to tell anyone about this.